Technique fun

Awhile back, I got a nifty little bone pendant of a dragon and a phoenix. I'd read that you could "antique" bone beads by soaking them in tea, so I thought I'd try it. It worked out quite well, but then I couldn't think of what to make with it, so I set the pendant aside.

Last night, I put it with some gold beads and red tigereye, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out. You can go to the Flickr page to see the completed necklace, but I thought I'd share the closeups of the pendant here.

Before:

go to http://www.shipwreckbeads.com/catalog/Pendants-and-Charms/Bone-and-Horn/ if you want to buy this

After:

Front

Back

As you can see, one side ended up a bit more tea-y than the other; I turned the pendant over a couple of times, but I think it's just how the bone absorbed it. I'll definitely do this again; there are times when the stark white of bleached bone works, but I like the way the tea highlights the carvings.

Another note: I generally have more pictures of my pieces than what I put on the Flickr page; if you're interested in one of my necklaces, for example, but you want to see the whole thing, or the clasp, or just how it looks on a different background, e-mail me and ask about it!

Flickr difficulties

Edit: Apparently the gadget is borked, so I went to Flickr and made a new one. New stuff, too!

Okay, then. My Flickr gadget seems to have spontaneously died, so I'm going to see what else I can do to make pictures visible again. Until then, you can still go directly to SparkleTindi's Flickr to see all the new stuff I've put up.


I may have mentioned this before, but the primary reason I don't have an Etsy store right now is because I make stuff to order. Everything on my Flickr page is either something I wear or use on a regular basis or have given to someone else. Any piece you get from me is 100% unique, not only because stones are, but because I rarely, if ever, repeat myself unless directly requested to.


Anyway, once I get around to pricing out all of the stuff I did over the holidays, that will show up, even if the blog doesn't want to show it right now. *pokes blog irritably* I'm still working on a long-term solution; never fear!